A timepiece having a face member with a face surface that displays indicia that is representative of a sports player and the associated sports player sports environment; time hands that represent at least a seconds hand that has a rotatable position about a center axis of the face member; an object that is carried by a distal portion of the seconds hand; the face member depicting a net disposed at a predetermined location on the face surface with the object positioned so that it passes through the net as the seconds hand rotates.
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1. A timepiece that is comprised of:
a face member having a face member front surface upon which is displayed indicia that is representative of time intervals, indicia of a sports player and indicia that represents the associated sports player sports environment;
time hands supported from the face member and that include an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand with all of the hour, minute and second hands supported for rotation about a center axis of the face member;
a transparent watch crystal that is disposed in front of the face member;
a transparent layer that carries a depiction of a circular basketball hoop supporting, under the circular basketball hoop, a basketball net;
the transparent layer being disposed between the transparent watch crystal and the face member;
a circular sports object that is secured to and carried at a distal end of the second hand, and that depicts a basketball;
on the watch face, the sports player being located between a position of six o'clock and twelve o'clock, and with the majority of the sports player being disposed within a locus defined by a 360 degree rotational position of the basketball, and with the arms and hands of the sports player extending to a location adjacent to the twelve o'clock position;
on the transparent layer, the circular basketball hoop and net being located at a position between the twelve o'clock and three o'clock positions;
the depiction of the sports player including a depiction of the sports player hand that is located within the locus of the rotational position of the basketball, so that at the twelve o'clock position of the second hand the hand of the sports player is in contact with the basketball, thus simulating the shooting of the basketball toward the net;
the depiction of the rotating basketball including depicting the basketball passing, after rotating away from the twelve o'clock position, to and through the basketball hoop and the basketball net.
2. The timepiece of
3. The timepiece of
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Priority for this application is hereby claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to commonly owned and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/473,665 which was filed on Jun. 17, 2022 and which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present invention is directed to an improvement in a watch face for a timepiece. More particularly, the present invention illustrates an improved watch face construction in which the second hand of the timepiece carries a sports object such as a ball.
There presently exists several different types of watches that contain images of sports players. However, any existing watches do not show an interaction between the sports player and an object associated with the sports player.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved watch face for a timepiece in which there is a relationship between the sports player, an object handled by the sports player and a net through which the object is to pass.
To accomplish the foregoing and other objects and advantages of the present invention there is provided a watch face construction that is comprised of a face member having indicia indicating a time sequence that includes, inter alia, a seconds hand that has a rotatable position about a center axis of the face member, an object that is carried by a distal portion of the seconds hand, the depiction of a net disposed at a predetermined location on the face member, the object positioned so that it passes through the net.
In accordance with other aspects of the present invention the face member is comprised of at least two separate graphic layers; the graphic layers include one layer that depicts the face member indicia and a second layer that includes a depiction of the net; the graphic layers also include a third layer that includes a depiction of the net; the third layer depicts the net in a position different than the position of the net in the second layer; the depiction of the second layer of the net in a position different than the position of the net in the second layer simulates movement of the net as the object passes through the net; the object is a ball; and the net is one of a basketball net, a soccer net, and a hockey net.
In accordance with another version of the present invention there is provided a timepiece that is comprised of: a face crystal having a face surface that displays indicia that is representative of a sports player and the associated sports player sports environment; time hands that represent at least a seconds hand that has a rotatable position about a center axis of the face member; an object that is carried by a distal portion of the seconds hand; the face crystal depicting a net disposed at a predetermined location on the face surface; the object positioned so that it passes through the net.
In accordance with still other aspects of the present invention there is further included a transparent layer that is disposed behind the face crystal; wherein the transparent layer includes a depiction of a net; including a second transparent layer that is disposed behind the first transparent layer and that includes a depiction of the net; wherein the depiction of the net on the second layer is in the form of a hologram so as to depict movement of the net as the object passes through the net; wherein the object is a ball; and wherein the net is one of a basketball net, a soccer net, and a hockey net.
In accordance with still another version of the present invention there is provided a method of simulating a sports game action on a watch face that includes a face member having indicia indicating a time sequence that includes, inter alia, a seconds hand, causing the seconds hand to rotate through 360 degrees about a center axis of the face member, placing an object on the seconds hand and that is carried by a distal portion of the seconds hand, providing a depiction of a net disposed at a predetermined location on the face member, and positioning the object on the seconds hand so that it passes through the net upon being rotated.
In accordance with still other aspects of the present invention there is including providing the net on a separate transparent layer that is disposed behind the face member; including providing the net on a back side of face member; including providing a hologram on a separate transparent layer that is disposed behind the face member; and wherein the object is a ball, and the net is one of a basketball net, a soccer net, and a hockey net.
It should be understood that the drawings are provided for the purpose of illustration only and are not intended to define the limits of the disclosure. The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the embodiments described herein will become apparent with reference to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
There may be multiple embodiments that can be taken advantage of in illustrating the principle of the present invention. In a most simplified version, the net is simply formed, along with the sports player and its environment at a watch face front surface; shown in the drawings by the reference number 15A. In this regard refer to the cross-sectional views of
In the simplest embodiment of the present invention, the net 22 along with the sports player and associated environment is all depicted on the watch face front surface 15A. The various components including the net are specifically arranged; particularly in relationship to the object 34 so that, as the seconds hand 16 rotates, the object 34, which in this case is a basketball, rotates through 360 degrees. The ball 34 in
One embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in
Reference is now made to another embodiment of the present invention illustrated in
Another embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in
One of the important relationships is clear from the diagram of
Having now described a limited number of embodiments of the present invention, it should now be apparent to those skilled in the art that numerous other embodiments and modifications thereof are contemplated as falling within the scope of the present invention, as defined by the appended claims.
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